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Global Financial Integrity hosts an interesting article from the website, Financial Integrity Task force. It come from Yale Global. Its authors are James Boyce and Léonce Ndikumana. They say:

It was an African equivalent of stealing the Brooklyn Bridge, and for four years, nobody noticed. From 2007 to 2010, $32 billion in public funds […]

CIDSE and the Financial Transaction Tax (Robin Hood Tax)

EU crisis summit Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) should not be reduced to stock tax, development networks CIDSE and APRODEV say

(Brussels, 30/01/2012) – At today’s EU crisis Summit, European leaders discuss next steps for the implementation of a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT). In order to win UK support for a tax on the financial […]

Palestinian priest tells UK parishes about desperate plight of Holy Land Christians

By: Fr Joe Ryan (Reprinted from Independent Catholic News) Posted: Friday, December 2, 2011 5:35 pm

Palestinian priest tells UK parishes about desperate plight of Holy Land Christians | Fr Johnny Abu Khalil,Nablus in Palestine,Parish of Enfield

Fr Johny Khalil and Fr Joe Ryan

Fr Johnny Abu Khalil, Parish Priest of […]

The Tax Justice Network – Tax Evasion and Developing Countries

New research published by the Tax Justice Network shows that tax evasion costs 145 countries, representing over 98% of world GDP, more than US$3.1 trillion annually.

In the UK for instance, a staggering £69.9 billion a year is lost to tax evasion in the ‘shadow economy’ – that is, 56% of the country’s total […]

SJ Around the Bay to join Publish What You Pay

At the meeting of representatives of Parish Social Justice Groups held at Corpus Christi, St Ives, there was agreement to join the Australian Coalition of Publish What You Pay. (See Mission Statement) .

The membership principles state:

a) Advocate for the mandatory disclosure of payments made by extractive industry companies, both multinational and state […]

Publish What You Pay

Filipino bishops seek solidarity from Australian Church

from CathNews, (2006) In a statement timed to coincide with the Australian Church’s Social Justice Sunday this weekend, Filipino bishops have called on their Australian counterparts for support in safeguarding the human rights of Filipino Indigenous people under pressure from Australian mining companies.

November […]

“Gold Rush”:Australian Mining in the Philippines, At what Cost?

The Action for Peace & Development in the Philippines (APDP) invites you to a forum on – “Gold Rush”:Australian Mining in the Philippines, At what Cost? The forum is co-sponsored by MSC (Missionaries of the Sacred Heart) Justice & Peace Centre Tuesday, 18 October 2011 at 6.30 pm (to 8.30pm) at the AMWU Building, […]

“Kathy Kelly – Faith-based Peacemaking, Active nonviolence and social justice”, The 2011 Pace e Bene Australia NATIONAL INSPIRITOR TOUR

Kathy Kelly

Kathy Kelly, described as ‘perhaps the most respected person in the US peace movement’, will be here in Sydney for only six days 14th – 19th October. She has been nominated 3 times for the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2009, she lived in Gaza during the Operation Cast Lead bombing. She was […]

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